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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price

Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

624 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii by James L. Haley

Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii

James L. Haley

448 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

3.5jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Erik Larson

441 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

4.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion

Middle-earth Universe

J.R.R. Tolkien

481 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

3.0jamesbutler0's review
fiction classics fantasy adventurous challenging slow-paced
The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century by Joel F. Harrington

The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

Joel F. Harrington

320 pages • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

3.5jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

Candice Millard

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

3.5jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative medium-paced
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Candice Millard

432 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

3.5jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

The Rise and Fall

Stephen Brusatte

404 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

3.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction history science adventurous informative medium-paced
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot

Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years

David Talbot

480 pages • first pub 2007 (editions) user-added

4.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

292 pages • first pub 1959 (editions) user-added

4.0jamesbutler0's review
nonfiction biography history adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced